About
Holly Lisle is a full-time novelist who also teachs writing. She has 32 novels in print—written over the past 17 years—and is working on her 33rd novel now.
Her offbeat perspective drawn from a decidedly eventful life, and her tendency to analyze everything, have given her a unique—and remarkably successful—approach to writing fiction.
And after thousands of requests for her to show writers exactly how she does what she does, from coming up with ideas through developing them to writing, editing, and selling both partials on contract and finished novels on spec, she spent eight months working 70-hour weeks to create the How To Think Sideways fiction-writing course.
Her approach has proven successful for her students, too.
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Hi Holly,
An incredible amount of information here! One question, do you or can you give personal feedback on writing in response to each lesson?
Many Thanks, Kim x
I can sometimes comment on questions asked in the community. Further, the community itself is active, and both grads and current students discuss how they use lessons, techniques, processes, and structures.
I cannot grade homework. I created the courses because I don’t have the time for individual one-on-one feedback.
Since your “homework” is either writing your novel (or screenplay, or other story you intend to publish) or revising it, you have to learn the process of doing your core revision yourself…and then, depending on the path to publication you choose, either the agent you find by going the commercial publication route, or the editor you hire by going the self-pub route, will help you smooth off any remaining rough edges.
This is not a course with grades. This is a course where graduation means working toward selling your work.
I can sometimes comment on questions asked in the community. Further, the community itself is active, and both grads and current students discuss how they use lessons, techniques, processes, and structures.
I cannot grade homework. I created the courses because I don’t have the time for individual one-on-one feedback.
Since your “homework” is either writing your novel (or screenplay, or other story you intend to publish) or revising it, you have to learn the process of doing your core revision yourself…and then, depending on the path to publication you choose, either the agent you find by going the commercial publication route, or the editor you hire by going the self-pub route, will help you smooth off any remaining rough edges.
This is not a course with grades. This is a course where graduation means working toward selling your work.